Re: Why is there no natural syntax for accessing attributes with names not being valid identifiers?

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Date	Tue, 03 Dec 2013 09:31:58 -0800
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On 12/03/2013 09:14 AM, Piotr Dobrogost wrote:
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> I find global getattr() function awkward when reading code.
> What is the reason there's no "natural" syntax allowing to
>  access attributes with names not being valid Python
>  identifiers in a similar way to other attributes?
>
> Something along the line of my_object.'valid-attribute-name-but-not-valid-identifier'?

When would you have attribute names that are not valid identifiers?

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